Salinenkapelle, Chapel in the district of Traunstein, Upper Bavaria

The Salinenkapelle, also called Aukirche, stands at Karl-Theodor-Platz in the Au district of Traunstein. It is built of light grey rectangular stone blocks, with a round-arched window and an arched wooden doorway beneath a carved emblem on the front, a second taller arched window to the right, a green metal roof with a projecting gable, and a rear tower with a clock face and green cupola. Inside, the space combines a central and a longitudinal plan with Gothic and Renaissance forms.

The chapel was commissioned by Seeon Abbey and Elector Maximilian I and built in 1630/31 by local master mason Wolf König to plans by court mason Isaak Bader. It was consecrated in 1671 under the double patronage of Saints Rupert of Salzburg and Maximilian of Celeia. The high altar painting by Ulrich Loth, commissioned by Maximilian, depicts the two patrons.

The chapel carries a double dedication to Saint Rupert of Salzburg and Saint Maximilian of Celeia, bishops venerated as saints. The altarpiece by Munich painter Ulrich Loth, commissioned by Elector Maximilian, shows the patrons and was meant to symbolise the submission of the Salzburg church after the Salt War of 1611. The name Aukirche refers to the Au district where the chapel stands.

The chapel stands on Karl-Theodor-Platz in the Au district of Traunstein, not at Auberg 27. It is a small building reached on foot from the surrounding streets; the entrance is the arched wooden doorway beneath the carved emblem, with the clock tower at the rear.

The tower's two bronze bells have separate histories: the larger, 300 kg bell was cast in 1723 by Langenegger of Munich and came from Seeon Abbey, bearing a Latin inscription naming Abbot Columbanus. The 197 kg bell was cast in 1952 by Karl Czudnochowsky of Erding.